Kodak-support.



Patented 0013.27, 1914.

WZE/SSES A TTORNEYS THL NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. C

LEON FRANK SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KODAK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 19141.

Application fil ed December 13, 1913. Serial No. 806,444.

To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, LEON FRANK SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of theBronX and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Kodak-Support, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to photography and has particular reference to kodak appliances.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, reliable and satisfactory means for connecting a vest pocket kodak to a tripod for the usual purposes.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvement supporting a kodak on a tripod; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same attachment supporting the same kodak on the same tripod but in a different position; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the attachment showing its relation to the face plate of the kodak and supporting frame, said kodak parts being in section; and Fig. 4: is a-perspective view, on a larger scale, of my improvement.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions of the same, as well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings I show at K a well known type of collapsible or vest pocket kodak having a sub stantially flat face plate 10 carrying the lens and shutter mechanism. Said kodak being of well known construction, a specific description thereof is unnecessary except to observe that there is associated with the face plate 10 a frame including side members 11 to which the lazy tongs 12 are connected. The locking studs 13 at the outer ends of the lazy tongs operate in slots 11 of said frame members, and when the kodak isextended for operation the ends of the lazy tong members carrying said studs 13 are located at some distances from the open ends of the frame members 11 and the end of the face plate.

My attachment adapted especially for use with the kodak herein. illustrated, but adapted also. in some cases for other purposes, comprises a substantially flat base plate 14 having secured in any suitable manner at its opposite ends pairs of jaws 15 and 16. The jaws may be connected in any suitable manner with the plate 14:, herein shown, however, as integral, and in operation are arranged at right angles to said plate. The jaws of each pair are spaced from each other as shown at 17, said space corresponding in width to the thickness of the face plate 1.0 of the kodak. It follows, therefore, that in putting the attachment in place for operation, it is slipped directly upon the aforesaid end of the plate 10, the corners or edges of said plate being received in the spaces 17 between the pairs of jaws l5 and 16. The jaws 15 come snugly against the face of the outer portions of the frame members 11, and the ends of said jaws reach close to the then position of the studs 13 above described.

While the attachment herein shown and described may be easily slipped upon or from the kodak face plate, it does not permit any twisting or lateral movement of the kodak in any direction when the attachment is secured to a tripod. To effect connection with the tripod, the plate 14 is provided with a hole 14: which receives the usual stud of the tripod in the usual manner and serves to hold the kodak so as to make an upright picture, as shown in Fig. 1, and one of the jaws 15 is provided with a corresponding hole 15 for attachment to the tripod for making a long picture, as shown in Fig. 2. i

The device herein shown is of a nature to hold the kodak perfectly steady for all practical purposes,.including the manipulation of the shutter. When the kodak is folded and adapted to be carried in the pocket or other casing, the attachment may he slipped from the face plate and likewise folded away in the pocket or other casing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire'to secure by Let ters Patent 1. The combination with a tripod having an attachment stud, and a kodak having a face plate, of attachment means to secure the kodak to the tripod, said attachment means comprising a plate having an opening for cooperation with said stud, and spaced members at each end of said attachment plate, the said members being adapted to receive between them the edges of said face plate.

2. The combination with a tripod having an attachment stud and a kodak having a face plate, of attachment'means to secure the kodak to the tripod, said attachment means including abase plate adapted to abut against one end of the face plate aforesaid, a pair of'jaWs secured to each end of the base plate and extending therefrom at ,a right angle and in spaced relation to each other, the edges of the face plate being embraced by said pairs of aws, and

means provided in said base plate and one 20 name to this specification in the presence of 5 two subscribing witnesses.

LEON FRANK SMITH.

Witnesses THOMAS BYRNE, FREDERICK A. TURNBULL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

